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Enterprise Nation editor Simon Wicks reports from the London stop of the Start Up Britain Summer Bus Tour. Emma had warned me the Start Up Britain bus would be rather colourful and she was right. You certainly can’t miss it in this secretive corner of St James on a grey London afternoon – its bright
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The best way to ensure customers keep bringing their business to you is by consistently meeting their needs. Here are some tips on how to go about it. Customer is king Consider these points as a route to customer satisfaction that’s not wholly based on price discounting but more on brand loyalty and star treatment.
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Have a think about the marketing objectives of your business. Ultimately, the measure of marketing success will be increased sales and there are a few pointers to consider along the way. Goals & objectives When mapping out marketing objectives, ensure they are: Specific – for example, one of your objectives might be to get 30
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The new EU law on cookies on web sites came into force on 26 May 2011. To date, there’s been little guidance on what’s expected of web site owners or on penalties for failure to comply. Finlay Carmichael of C2 Software attempts to make sense of what small businesses should be doing to ensure web
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As I woke to rain, I wondered how the day would evolve. And indeed that was the location of our first stop, the E-volve centre in Sunderland Software City where the sun started to shine and we welcomed on board Barclays Take One Small Step winners, Laura and Gaye from Choccards (thanks girls, for doing a
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Liverpool Down to the waterside and the car park of Crowne Plaza hotel to meet Liverpool’s start-ups and young entrepreneurs. Tony and his sister were waiting for the bus doors to open, craving advice from experts on how he could take his wheel advertising invention to market. Adam and Matt from hot young company, Salad
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Birmingham was the location and Joel Graham Blake was our host for the day. This was day two of the tour and it took place in the city’s Victoria Square from 10am to 4pm. That’s six hours of continuous action with start ups and small businesses. Birmingham The sun came out, and so did the
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What a day it was. The tour started in Bristol and moved on to Cardiff. Over the course of the day a wide range of start ups and existing businesses came on board to meet our experts, entrepreneurs, editors and each other. Here’s a re-cap of a StartUp Britain day to remember. Bristol Lorna, Jamie
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Today I am in Bristol for the start of the Summer 2011 StartUp Britain Tour. Ahead of a post at the end of the day on how it all went, here’s a reminder of why we’re doing this and where we’ll be! Your questions answered Over the past couple of months as we’ve been busy
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Most of our businesses on Bitsy are based at home but maybe you’re thinking of leaving home to take on office premises or a shop. If so, you’ll need to think about a few factors. Fit for business As a business owner, you will be responsible for ensuring your new premises are fit for business,
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